Campus Stories

  1. UWM student works to bring fresh food directly to those in need

    Photo of Gianni Vaccaro delivering meals in Riverwest one recent day. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)

    March 17, 2023

    Often, children don’t get too excited about green vegetables. But Gianni Vaccaro found that the students she worked with at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee at Siefert School got really excited about salad. The youngsters often ate three meals a day at the club, said Vaccaro, who was then a film major […]

  2. Research relationship: Mayo, UWL collaboration successful in furthering health research in the Coulee Region

    Photo of UW-La Crosse Exercise and Sport Science Department students Anna Jacobson, left, and Makenna Carpenter who are two of the students who have participated in the Seed Grant Program in cooperation with Mayo Clinic Health System. Led by teams of physicians and scientists from both institutions, seed grants often launch promising new research projects and provide valuable preliminary data to attract more substantial funding from external sources. (UWL photo)

    March 16, 2023

    Since its launch in 2019, a collaboration between Mayo Clinic Health System and UW–La Crosse has advanced health research in and beyond the Coulee Region. Through the relationship, Mayo Clinic Health System providers, university faculty, and students work together on research that will improve health and medical care, while providing valuable experience for learners who […]

  3. Wisconsin cave holds tantalizing clues to ancient climate changes, future shifts

    Photo of then-UW student Cameron Batchelor (left) and Richard Slaughter (right), director of the Geology Museum at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, studying cave walls while doing research at the Cave of the Mounds near Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. Batchelor led the analysis of mineral samples to identify a possible link between ice age warm-ups recorded in the Greenland ice sheet. PHOTO: BRYCE RICHTER

    March 15, 2023

    Even in their dark isolation from the atmosphere above, caves can hold a rich archive of local climate conditions and how they’ve shifted over the eons. Formed over tens of thousands of years, speleothems — rock formations unique to caves better known as stalagmites and stalactites — hold secrets to the ancient environments from which […]

  4. UW-Green Bay alum and school counselor: See—How He Rises

    Photo of School Counselor See ViXai Thao poses in front of Washington Middle School in Manitowoc. UW-Green Bay, Sue Pischke University Photographer

    March 14, 2023

    See ViXai Thao is a morning person. Which is a good thing, since he’s usually at work from about seven ‘til ten. “The actual workday doesn’t start until 7:20, but I like to come in early.” This is also good because while he’s not a farmer, he has quite a flock to attend to—nearly 500 […]

  5. UW-Eau Claire Fulbrights gaining experience, confidence teaching in other parts of the world

    Photo of Blugold Greta Wiederhold, who says working as a teaching assistant in Germany through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a dream come true. She credits UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff for providing the knowledge, support and experiences she needed to be accepted into the highly competitive program. (Submitted photo)

    March 13, 2023

    The saying “if you can dream it, you can do it” is ringing true for Greta Wiederhold, a recent University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduate now working as a teaching assistant in Germany through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Wiederhold was on campus for a high school visit when a German professor told her about the […]

  6. Breaking the ice: UWL police, international students build bonds through ice fishing

    Photo of Senior Executive Chef Robb Hanson, from the university’s food service, preparing a classic Wisconsin fish fry for those in attendance.

    March 10, 2023

    A wintertime tradition has brought UW-La Crosse police officers and international students closer together. The two groups recently met for a day of ice fishing at La Crosse’s Pettibone Park — a chance to build mutual trust and understanding, and for international students to experience a staple of Midwestern culture. “The ice fishing program is […]

  7. UW-Milwaukee alum works to help refugees find new lives in Wisconsin

    Photo of UWM alum Rebekah Davis, who says that helping people is the most rewarding part of her job. “I’ve become more patriotic because of my work with refugees. I appreciate my country more knowing that there are countries all over the world that are unsafe,” she said. (Photo by Erin Bloodgood)

    March 9, 2023

    Rebekah Davis has met interesting people from all over the world, learning about their lives, perspectives and culture. It’s all part of her job helping refugees resettle in Wisconsin. Davis, who earned her master’s degree from the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, is a program and policy analyst for the Bureau of Refugee Programs […]

  8. The art of the pitch — and pitching art

    Photo of Emma Siskoff, an art major from New Berlin, who said creativity is her first and foremost passion as she pursues her options after graduating from UW-Whitewater. But so, too, is entrepreneurship.

    March 8, 2023

    While seemingly an unlikely mix, the arts and business can come together to create a masterpiece. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students showcased this in two business-related pitch contests this fall. Emma Siskoff, an art major from New Berlin, said creativity is her first and foremost passion as she pursues her options after graduating from UW-Whitewater. But so, too, […]

  9. UW-Stevens Point student prepares for UW System research showcase

    Photo of Kyle Pulvermacher, an actuarial mathematics major and economics minor, who is among the six UWSP students presenting their work at Research in the Rotunda.

    March 7, 2023

    How does a college education impact income inequality? University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point junior Kyle Pulvermacher took on this question as part of research he will present at the UW System Research in the Rotunda event on March 8 in Madison. Held at the State Capitol, the event invites undergraduates from across the UW System to […]

  10. Chemistry students at Baraboo Sauk County score highly on national assessment

    Photo of Dr. Stephen Swallen, professor of chemistry, working with students.

    March 6, 2023

    Each year, thousands of undergraduate science majors across the country take the Standardized National Exam prepared by the American Chemical Society, which measures student achievement after the first year of undergraduate chemistry instruction. UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County Chemistry Professor Dr. Stephen Swallen has been guiding his students through the assessment test for many years and […]

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